Mineralization of Petroleum Contaminated Wastewater by Co-Culture of Petroleum-Degrading Bacterial Community 901
and Biosurfactant-Producing Bacterium
Practically, various techniques that are real time PCR,
DNA chip, and FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization)
have been employed to monitor the bacterial communi-
ties growing in bioreactors and natural ecosystems.
6. Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the New & Renewable En-
ergy of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology
Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the
Korea government Ministry of Knowledge Economy
(2011T10011 00 334 ).
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